Fusee.



No. 794,371. PATENTED JULi 1l, 1905.

W. E. MATTHEW.

'FUSBE.

A1 1 LIU-ATI0N FILED SEPT. s, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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U N irren STATES Patented :filly l, ih A WILLIAM E. MATTHEW?, 0F BUCYRJS, OHiG.

FUSEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 794,371, dated July 11, 19.05.

l Application filed September 6,1904. Serial No. 223,562. I

`T0 all whom, t nung/'concerns Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. MATTHEW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bucyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fusees; and I do herebydeclarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled-,in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to signalingtorches commonly designated a fusee; and my invention consists of certain novel features of combination and construction of elements, the preferred form of materialization whereof will be hereinafter clearly set forth, and eX- emplih'ed inthe claims appended.

The main object of my invention,` among others, is to provide a torch Ior fusee designed -to be used inrailway signaling which will l combine in a single torch the capacity of two or more separate and distinct torches or fusees. Inasmuch as my improved fusee is constructed to give olf diferent-colored lights, each ight burning 'fora definite or specied period of time-as, for instance, it may be arranged to first` give off a red light asa danger-signal, which light will continue to burn for any de siredlength of time, ordinarily five minutes, to be followed by a green light, to last or continue to burn for an additionalperiod of live minutes, more or less, as may be desired. It

is obvious that additional colored lights may Ialso be employed by increasing` thc capacity ofthe exterior casing or housing tube.

' Other objects and advantages will be heroinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, and in which-J Figure l shows a longitudinal central section of my combination colored fusee. Fig.

2 is aperspective detail view of the fusee proper, illustrating themethod of asserrnoling the combustible niaterial employed lto produce lvariegated fiames. Fig. 3 isa sectionai view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. tshows a method of filling the fuses-'tube by means of a specially-prepared funnel. Fig. 5 is a detail View showing the upper portion of the ferent color.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, each of which is employed to designate lthe same part throughout the several. views, 1

desivnatesthe casing or housing, which lisy 6531 made in tubular form and is inclosed at its lower` e'nd by means of a weighted sectionl or member 2, which latter is provided with a spear-like terminal or pointed extension 3, designed t.; take into the'groundor the cross- 7 tie, as the casel may be, thereby holding the. casing or tubular section 1 in a substantially upright position. The tubular member or casing lis also provided at its upper end with the closure or cap 4, intended to fit snugly 7 over-the end of the casing, errcluding the moisture from the interior thereof.l Iy dispose Within the casing thus or otherwise con` structed a filling of combustible'material so prepared and disposed that said material will at the time of combustion give 'off a light of specified color. This result of producing a red, green, or other colored flame may read` ily be attained by proper ypreparation of the combustible matter, all of which is well known 8 in the art, and my purpose, therefore, is to so graduate and assemble the prepared combustible material that one section of the lill-- terial, as paraflin-paper or the like, and I cono strict the lower end of said tube, as by twist-` ing said end tightly together, as designated by the numeral 5. f

height by combustible` substance and whenl In some instances I provide a'fuse, as-des-' ignated bythe numeral 6, which I locate in the central portion of the tube of paraffin-paper or other waterproof substance, as designated irrFig. 2. After constrictingthe lower end of thev tube lof paraffin-paper or thelike, as indicated bythe numeral 5,' the 'lower section 7 of said tube may be filled to the desired ignited 4will give ofi' a colored' light of the desired character, and after theproper quantity has been disposed in the lower section 7.-a`s,' for instance, a quantity whichA will burn for a period offive minutes-the tube is twisted tightly "upon itself, as designated by the nu.'` meral `8, which completely closes the section 7 separating it from the section 9`immed'i-- 'erly'illed the upper end thereof is completely inclosed and perfectly housed against moisture by tightly twisting the end of theptube, as indicated by the numeral 12, thereby leaving a section of the fuse G'exposed to facilitate igf' nition.

.in Fig. 1 the relative arrangement of the varices. parts is clearly set forth, and it is ob- 4vious that the fuse will insure that the mateyri'alin each of the compartments 7, 9,' and 1l will be ignited,`and since a graduated or predetermined quantity ofv material has been supplied for each of said sections it follows that a' light of different color is provided, the difd ferent colors to follow each other in succession, as required vby the signaling-code.

Ordinarily a fusee supplied with twodis tinctly different lights will,it is thought, prove amply sufficient; butin the present application I have shown: three separate compartf ments adapted to con vin as many different combustible substances, whereby three lights of different color will be given ol".

filling the exterior'cas'ing by utilizing a funnel of suflicient length to reach downward into said casing, so thatthe lower half thereA of, more or less, may be filled with-combus tibie substance designed 'to produce a specific '.colered light. By the construction shown. in

Figs. 4 Lo 7, inclusive, I amenabled to dis.-y

pense 'with the special form of casing-ofpareffin-paper, as shown in Fig. 2, also dispensing with the necessityof a fuse designed to extend :from one end of the exterior casing to the other. It will be observed by reference to Fig. 4'thra't I provide afunnel havi'ngacylin-'- drical dischargingmozzle or lconveyerpipe 14 and the/flared' upper end or receiving-section 15, as is comm0n,th e cylindrical portion f 14 being of suiicientfsize to kbe loosely .re-

ceived by the casing.

It will be understood that the cylindrical section 14 is` of suliicient length to reach down into the open end' of the casing 1 to the middle portion. thereof and that Vthe combustible substance designed to occupy the lower end of the casing may be first introduced through` the hopper-section 15, whenit will pass into the'lower end of the casing '1, and should more of the' substance be' introduced than will fill-the space below the end of theI cylinder member 1.14 the excess -will clog and remain in the lower end of said'cylindrical .section and be removed therewith when thecylinder of material to v-burn a specified time and to is withdrawn,- leaving only the lower vhalf of v the casing supplied with the requisite amount give olf a specified color, as red, green, lor the like.' After the lowerhalf of the casing is filled-with the desired combustible substance,

as designatedv by the numeral [6, the upper half 17 is placed in position by almost wholly withdrawing the cylindrical portion 14 from the casing, as sho-'wn in F ig. Land it is obvious, therefore, that the upper portion may be easily filled withv the exact portion desired whenany form of closure or. cap .section/- Inay be introduced inplace upon the ca'sng.

ltis desirable that'the section- 14 shall be"-'` n' truly cylindrical', whereby the' contents. Will not become clogged thereinfas when lbeingv inf,.

21.09 y Itis found by practic'ethat any excess of. Ina-A- troduced into the ,lower Iend of the casing 1'."

terial beyond that required to'fillthelower vhalf of the casing willadhere to the walls of.

the cylindricalY 'member statedfbe withdrawn'wheu such excesslof vmaterial may be placed back in the receptaclefrom which i't was lobtained and the 'same' funnel used again f or the introduction of' comi y "ibustible material designed 'tof producea light l of different colorlf'rom that first introduced,

' thus providing a signaling torch or fuseewhich..

14 and, 'as beforeA will produce two distinctively-colored lights, and thus, in effect, provide twoseparate and distinctsignals within one casing, `a most de' sirablfe and. valuable desideratum.

It l,isf well knownthat' only two lights are f ordinarily emplo,y'ed- -firs"t",` a red light to in-f dicate dangen `to be' followed lby a green light, indicating safety It istherefore obvious'that my varicologed f'usee'may be pro` i vided with any desired nu'mber of lights, and it is also obvious that any suitable method of introducing the differently-formed combustible material within the casing 1 may be adopt-v ed, and while 'I have described the preferred combination and 'construction of parts deemed,

necessary in illustrating nmy invention I desire to comprehend all equivalents and substitutes which may fairly fall Within the scope of my invention.

f l I i ling-teich coneie n, an im ied ' i mi weinig, i iii eeciaiois to period of time, eaeii seoaion being' isolate in. 'm'isiing the inneiioi' mein-g ai; each emi oL seoion of eozxiiiiistiliie ii termi, and a ionizing Llii'ougii the sev separat-ed Sections and extending from the l lawigsedouiaei ende of the end Section, all eoml *inf-fil euiieaialiyes .and im the pui-poso Sei', foii-iL i ,oai izigii'cia com "gssieisfgf an l outer and innicasing, combustible maia-rial oai-vieil by said inner casiog, means to sepw l mme said combustible mariai init-o sections, f eafcii Section producingadiierehbcolored iight g adapted to burn a. Speoiiied time ami al l Said iizi-eriei being ar'f bum a specied.

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me@ common to all of said sectionssubeantailf; es and for Ehe purpose set ioitl1.-

in :i fueeef, an oue? inner ciileing', seid f inner casing beingiesti'icted 21tintei-vaie to separate the same into seotioiis, oombusibie mateiiai carried by each oi' seid sec-@imm1 :diie @ement-e of eaei] tion producing a preiie- I termineii color, :me means to successively ignite saifi secions substanfiaiiy as and for the purpose sei forth.

4. A signaling-Lomb or fiisee comprising a suitable casing l, having au anchoring-stem in its lower end and a Closuie for its'ugiper end, combined with :L casing of Waterproof materiai ada aifid to be iied in sections with combustible mueriai, each section being Sepa.n raed from the other by twisting the said Waiaeipi'oo casing and zruse running through i Q purpose si mili y seeing mid means izo lo a eigmiii i'i:g-`"'f'eii oi fueoe, im wgtei'ioi .iel'ior @im Some in an lip-- l igii poeiii'm, combined willi mi interior@- iog oi vifeterpiooi" material, salici inteiiox' Cas im; being iliied with combustible material ai'- zzmgeii in sectione, 'ich Section being isolated by tfiaf'ieiiiig the Wetei'pioiir' easing iii; each emi of eectiimie and fi fuse winning lnough the several seizaratei "'actions and oxieiiiling; from bile twas l on ez' enrie of tho emi se@N tions., eubstenilily zie iipef'ziiied and for the @impose set foi-ML 6. A fusee or signalingioich comprising an outer and inner casing, com bustibie material in dii'eiently'colored sections carried 'by sziifl izi1-eicasiiig' each Seciion being held separate or iso-intel from the :next succeeding section by eonetricting the inner easing at eali end of each section of matevial, in combination with o, fuse oommon to ali of :said seotio'ne is eet, forth.

i1 ino insee, en omer sind inner moin@ the innevoaeiiig being adapted te wirr mi sepf'v raie materiai to produce ligli; of desired color and mations and fuse cooperating; with seid material designed izo snouesvsii/'ely ignite alle separated, sections tliez'eoi, as and for Ehe purpose soi, or'izii.

In testimony Wiiereoffi have signeii my name yto this specification in the presence of two suhsoribing izviimessesn 

